Andrea Mingardi (born 1 August 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, musician, author and occasional actor.

Life and career

Born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

, Mingardi approached the music at young age, founding the group "Golden Rock Boys" in 1959. His debut album ''Nessuno siam perfetti, ciascuno abbiamo i suoi difetti'' was released in 1974, while he got his first commercial success in 1976 with the song "Datemi della musica". In 1984 he participated at the

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presenting the ironical song "Un boa nella canoa", then, after less successful songs, in 1992 he achieved some success with "Con un amico vicino", a duet with Alessandro Bono which ranked third in the "Giovani" section at the

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annua ...

. He later participated four more times at the Sanremo Festival, in 1993, 1994 and 1998 with the romantic ballads "Sogno", "Amare Amare Amare" and "Canto per te", and in 2004 with the funky-rhythm and blues "E' la musica" (a duet with

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). In 2006 he composed six songs of the Mina's album '' Bau'', also duetting with her in the single "Mogol/Battisti". Mingardi wrote several books about the

Bolognese dialect Bolognese (native name ) is a dialect of Emilian spoken in the most part in the city of Bologna and its hinterland (except east of the Sillaro stream), but also in the district of Castelfranco Emilia in the Province of Modena, and in the ...

as well as some novels.

Discography

Album

* 1974 - ''Nessuno siam perfetti, ciascuno abbiamo i suoi difetti'' (Cipiti Record, LP OK 14) * 1976 - ''Datemi della musica'' (Dischi Ricordi SMRL 6196) * 1977 - ''Lo sfighè, Gisto e Cesira, Delone, un marziano e altre storie'' (Dischi Ricordi ORL 8099) * 1977 - ''A iò vest un marzian'' (Dischi Ricordi ORL 8797) * 1978 - ''Zabajone'' (Dischi Ricordi SMRL 6219) * 1981 -'' Xa vut dalla vetta'' (F 1 Team DM 919) * 1985 - ''Eccitanti conflitti confusi'' (Dischi Ricordi SMRL 6336) * 1988 - ''Prossimamente'' (Fonit Cetra CDM 2060) * 1990 - ''Si sente dire in giro'' (Fonit Cetra CDL 264) * 1992 -'' Andrea Mingardi'' (Epic Records 471405) * 1993 - ''Sogno (Epic Records 473569) * 1994 - ''6- al duemila'' (Epic Records 475914) * 1996 -'' Paura di volare'' (Replay Music Special RMCD 8012) * 1997 - ''C'è un boa nella canoa'' (Joker CM 22148) * 1998 - ''Canto per te'' (Columbia COL 489585-2) * 1999 - ''Live on the boat'' * 2000 - ''Ciao Ràgaz'' (AM Record C 11 02 2000) * 2004 - ''È la musica'' (Edel Music 0154703 BGE) * 2006 - ''Sfighè'' (AM Record MS 001) * 2006 - ''Come ridevamo'' (AM Record MS 001) * 2007 -'' Andrea Mingardi canta Ray Charles - Tribute to the Genius - Live'' (A-PERIODICO 9 771124 211610) * 2012 - ''Auguri auguri auguri'' (SAIFAM distr. HALIDON)

Filmography

* ''Italian Boys'' (1982) * ''Flipper'' (1983) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2012)

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mingardi, Andrea Musicians from Bologna 1940 births Italian male film actors Italian pop singers People of Sicilian descent Italian composers Italian male composers Italian singer-songwriters Living people Italian male singers